Shoe construction.



C'. E. LYNCH.

SHOE CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21. I9l6.

'Patentedfiept. 4, 1917.

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CHARLES E. LYNCH, F BROOKLYN, YORK;

SHOE CONSTRUCTION specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed November 52/3, 1916, Serial No. 133,766.

' To all whom it may concern:

.Be it'known that 1,,GHARLES E. LYNCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Constructions, and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of I therein having one the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shoe construc tion, and more particularly to that type of shoe in whichreinforcement is provided for fallen arches. r 4

It has for an object to provide an improvediform of shoe construction in which a reinforcing webbing is included inthe normal shoe construction to bind port a portion of the foot of the wearer ha ving fallen arches. 4

.A further object of this invention is a provision of a raised portion of the insole.

of the shoe to arch a foot thereof.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a shoe having a raised insole portion thereof supported by padding, a reinforcing webbing within the upper of the said shoe attached to in the instep the sole with the upper and said reinforc ing webbing being secured within the upper and having its end carried by the normal.

fastening means for the shoe.

A further object of this invention is a provision of ashoe having the normal out .plied thereto and showing ward appearance of an ordinary shoefbut having the insole therein raised over the shank of the sole, said shoe also having an enlargement thereof rearward of the raised portion of the inse e, and having a reinforcing webbing attached to the welt in the manufacture of the shoe having said rein f forcing webbing raised within the shoe to where the normal fastening means is pro vided, which also includes the endof the reinforcing webbing.

Further objects will be apparent and drawings, in which v ,Figure; 1 is a perspective view of a shoe showing the features of this invention apparts broken away for sake of clearnes's,

and sup -of the shoe in from the following specification, appended claims the shank exterior appear- Y lowing description, provision is made forsupporting the arch of a foot as by a reinforced insole, also permitting the desired binding of the foot about the instep as by an included reinforcing webbing throu hwhich the ordinary fastening means of t e shoepasses and the further provision of a slightly bulged or enlarged portion of"- the shoe rea rwardly of the raised portion of the insole.

Referring' to the drawings in which the several features of this invention are clearly disclosed, 10 indicates the upper of a shoe having the sole 11 attached thereto, the heel 12 and the slightly" reduced shank 13. Within the shoe is the usual insole 14, which over the shank and adjacent to one side of the shoe is raised as at 15 as by a filler 16, which is placed between the insole and shank 13. as by the usual welt 17 and where the up-- per is attached ,to thc shank 13 tonne side V of the shoe, a reinforcing webbing 18 is also included as at .9 together with the usual lining-2O which may be of a thin material. The reinforcing the shoe and has which the eyelets or other fastening means 21 are placed so thatvas the shoe lace passes through said eyelets it may exert the desired tension on the reinorcing webbing 18 to thereby raise the arch of reinforcing webbing is also attached to the inner face-of thenpper, as by the light rows of stitchin 22 which pass through the web hing near its edge. I As shown in Fig. 3, the insole 14 is raised as at 15 on. the inner side of the foot over 13 and in cases requiring" this The upper and soleare bound webbing 18 rises within its end underlie the edge e the foot to the desired degree. This type of shoe'it frequently occurs that the upper is bulged as at 23 and the in appended claims.

sole may also have a slight offset 24. formed thereon as this bulge permits the foot fitting moresnugly in the shoe and gives the gene'ral lines of the shoe the appearance of one of normal shape.

It is apparent that modifications may be made in view of the foregoing and that no limitation is implied by the limited number of views shown therein, but the combined use of a partially raised insole which may be held in raised position by a reinforcing webbing naving one edge thereof attached to the shank and having its opposite edge carried by the fastening means of the shoe to permit the desired binding action being had together with the enlarged heel portion of the shoe present the novel combination and more explicitly outline the scope'of the Having. thus described this invention, I claim:l

1 A shoe of the class described, comprising a sole, edge higher than the othermarginal edge, an upper and a lining secured to said sole, said higher marginal edge of the insole leaning against said lining and a reinforcing webbing secured to said 'sole' 2. A shoe of the class described, comprising a sole, an insole raised over the inner portions of the shank thereof, padding be tween the shank of the sole and the raised insole, an upper and a lining secured'to said sole, said insole being relatively wider than the shank portion of the sole and having one edge thereof leaning against said lining,

and a reinforcing webbing secured to said sole between the upper and lining under the raised insole to brace the upper edge of the raised insole.

3. A shoe of the class described, comprising a sole, an insole raised over theinner portions of the shank of said sole, padding between said shank and said raised portion,

an upper and a lining secured by said stitching to the sole,

said insole being relatively wider than the shank portion of the sole and having one edge thereof leaning against said lining, and fasteners for the shoe passing through the lining, reinforcing webbing and upper.

4. A shoe of the class described, comprising a sole, an insole, an upper and a lining an insole having one marginal secured to said sole, one edge of the insole overlapping with respect to the adjacent edge of the lining, and a reinforcing Webbing secured to said sole.

5. A shoe of the class described, comprising an insole raised to underlie the inner portions ofthe'v shank thereof, padding between the shank of the sole and the raised insole, and a composite unitary structure involving an upper, a lining and an interposed reinforcing webbing secured to said sole beneath the raised insole, said insole being relatively wider than the shank of the sole and having one edge thereof leaning against said lining. 1

7. A shoe of the class described, comprising a sole, an insole raised over the inner portions of the shank thereof, padding between the shank of the sole and the raised insole, and a composite unitary structure involving an upper, a lining and an interposed reinforcing webbing secured to said sole beneath the raised insole, so that the lower margin of said structure serves as a supporting Wall for said raised insole and padding, said insole being relatively Wider than the shank of the sole and having one edge thereof leaning against said lining.

V 8. A shoe of the class described, comprising a sole, a raised insole over the inner portions of the shank thereof, padding be- '*tween the shank ofthe sole and the raised insole, a composite unitary structure involving an upper, a lining andan interposed relnforcing webbing secured to said sole beneath the raised insole, and. a fastening device extending clear through the upper edge of said structure.

CHARLES E. LYNCH. 

